Lisa Turpin found herself back at school for the first time in two weeks. She could not believe that her parents had made her miss the first day they were allowed back. She walked through the halls with her head down. She did not want to talk to anyone, especially not Harry. She knew him well enough to know that he would try and convince her to change her mind. That wasn't happening. She couldn't handle Harry, the case, or magic. She wanted nothing to do with it. She found her locker and opened it. She did not notice Noah standing there.

"Hey Turpin," he said. His usually joking tone was gone.

"Since when have I been Turpin?" She asked

"Since you called me an idiot," he said. Lisa sighed

"I'm sorry" she said

"Then why did you say it?"

"I was freaking out. Ok? Our principal was just murdered and I just couldn't handle it"

"I understand, I know it was stressful but-"

"No you don't" she shook her head

"Do you want to try and explain it?" He gave her puppy dog eyes. She wanted to tell him to leave her alone, but suddenly felt a need to explain how she was feeling. She took his hand and led him to an open classroom.

"What are we doing here Lise?"

"I'm not talking about this in front of anyone else. I'm choosing to trust you. Here it goes. When I was 14, one of my friend's boyfriend was murdered and my head master was killed when I was 16. I just really could not go through that again" she chose to leave out the bodies she had seen at the battle.

"Well, I wasn't expecting that" he said

"I know, it sounds positively insane" she said

"Yeah it does. Are you ok"

"Probably not, but I left. It's not part of my life anymore" she said

"Is that why you changed schools?" He asked her

"I couldn't do another year" she admitted

"I'm sorry." he said

"It's not your fault"

"Well, also for the whole suggesting we investigate"

"I'm sorry I flipped out when you did. I just knew people who got too close to stuff like that and got hurt" Lisa felt as though the weight she had been holding since the Padma and Many incident was lifted. She opened up. She put what was wrong to words. She felt practically giddy.

"I get it. Well I don't get what you're feeling but I get the freak out. It means a lot that you would open up to me. I think I know you well enough to know that that was not easy for you." he said

"Trust me, it wasn't," She admitted. He took a step closer to her. She took a step in as well. Before she knew what was happening, his lips were crashing into her's. She had never been kissed like that before. Her head was spinning. She couldn't focus. His hands were in her hair. He was touching her. She didn't want to push him away. She didn't care that she couldn't focus. She didn't care about being late or her work, or even Oxford for a moment. They pulled apart.

"We are going to be late to class." She whispered. He chuckled

"You are so obsessed with being on time" he said

"Actually, we are already late." She said

"Look at you go, opening up, being late"

"You know, maybe we could skip class and go pick up coffee instead," she said. Her grin was from ear to ear.

"Woah, crazy, you don't want to miss Latin with Kathryn and Harry don't you?"

"I want to more than anything" she said

"We can't leave Reagan alone with them,"

"You are the worst and right"

"C'mon, let's head up" he said

"Fine," she grumbled. She followed him up the stairs to their Latin class. Whiteford wasn't there. There was one of the school's subs standing in the front of the class instead. He was an ancient man. Although he did not remind her of any of her old Professors. He had a sneer that could only be described as Snape-like in nature.

"You are late. Take a seat. What are your names?" He asked

"Uh, Noah McMichaels and Lisa Turpin," Noah said. The substitute wrote both of their names on the board with one tally under them. Lisa noticed that Harry and Kathryn already had one. Reagan already had two check marks under her name.

"What's with the tallies?" Noah whispered

"Sub has a three strike policy. Strike 3 means detention" She said

"What did you do?" Noah asked

"I got here late and apparently my gloves and choker are a violation of school dress code" she said

"Oof, you really can't stay out of trouble can you?" Noah asked. The sub glared at them. He quickly wrote a third tally for Reagan and a second for Noah and Lisa.

"That's not fair I wasn't even talking" Lisa said

"Do you want detention, Miss Turpin?" Lisa stood still. That was the last thing she ever wanted.

"No sir," she mumbled

"Did you just not try to bite his head off? That must be a first" Reagan whispered. Lisa didn't answer. She sat perfectly poised and still in her chair.

"You ok Lise?" Noah whispered

"I can not get detention" she whispered through gritted teeth. She tried to give him a pointed look.

"Oh, oh! Is this an old school thing?" Her eyes widened and she jerked her head in Reagan's direction.

"Right, sorry" he whispered. The sub walked up to the board again. Lisa sucked in a breath. She sighed deeply when he marked a second tally under Kathryn and Harry's names.

"Boys and girls must be 3 feet apart," the sub said. Harry rolled his eyes. The sub went back to his newspaper. Lisa took out her Latin workbook. According to the board, she had to finish her short story assigned during the last class. She opened to the right page. Her prompt had been "set your story in a Roman town disconnected from the rest of the empire." Right now she needed to remember the Latin word for a willow tree. She wracked her brain before remembering Salices.

"Harry, what's the genitive form of Love?" Kathryn whispered

"What's the context?" He asked

"The lover of Amara" she whispered back

"The name?"

"Yeah"

"Ae, it's singular" he whispered back.

"Oh my god, are you seriously writing a story with you and your 'lover'" Reagan said. The sub looked up.

"What is your problem with that, exactly Reagan?" Kathryn said. Reagan opened her mouth

"Wait, Reagan, before you respond, how could this get the rest of us in trouble. I know you already have a detention but not all of us want one" Noah said. He locked eyes with Lisa

"My problem is that our poor teacher will have to read it" she sneered back.

"You know, I doubt you could do much better" Kathryn bit back

"Actually I probably could"

"Let me guess because your's is gay, like you, and mine isn't" Kathryn said. Reagan turned beet red. The sub looked at her with disgust. The rest of their class began to whisper. Lisa could hear some words she would never repeat whispered around her. She walked up to Kathryn. Noah could see the fire in her eyes and quickly pulled her back. Lisa was now standing next to Noah.

"Let go of me Noah," Reagan hissed

"That was out of line Kathryn" Harry growled

"She deserves it" Kathryn said with a smirk

"No one deserves to be outed" Harry said

"Especially by a two faced bitch like yourself" Lisa mumbled. Sadly, the sub heard her. He turned around and wrote a third mark under all of their names. Lisa paled. She could not do a detention.

"That's not fair, Lise didn't do anything" Noah said

"Do you want another Detention Mr. McMichaels?"

"Sure, I can take Lisa's" he said

"Fine, all of you will have a Saturday detention tomorrow morning." The bell range. Lisa stuffed her belongings into her bag. She rubbed her couldn't tell if it was watering or not, but she wasn't letting any tears be visible during the school day.

"Are you gonna be ok?" Noah asked

"You'll be there with me?" She asked

"I promise," he said. He put his arm around her. She wasn't sure if she liked it and tensed. He dropped his arm. They left the class. Reagan was waiting outside.

"Can you believe Kathryn. I'm going to kill her"

"You shouldn't have antagonized her" Noah said

"She outed me"

"I told you not to pick a fight. I specifically told you not to get any of us a detention"

"You aren't even listening!" Reagan yelled

"You aren't listening to me!" Noah yelled. Lisa saw Kathryn and Harry walk up to them.

"Hey, Reagan, can you believe the sub today? He gave us detention for no reason" Kathryn giggled. Reagan looked like her eyes were about to pop out of her head

"You just outed me you bitch" Reagan yelled. Lisa was still as pale as a sheet.

"You ok Lisa? You look a little pale" Harry said. Kathryn had now turned her attention to Lisa. She shot her a death stare. Reagan had turned her attention to Lisa as well.

"I'm fine" she said

"Scared of detention?" He teased

"Shut up" Lisa said.

"Don't worry it can't be any worse that detention with Umbridge" he said

"Umbridge?" Noah asked

"Actually, there is something worse than detention with Umbridge. It's called detention with the Carrows. Oh right, you never had detention with the Carrows because you were out on your little camping trip with Ron and Hermione while the rest of us were stuck in that hell hole-" Lisa yelled

"Lisa, not here" Harry said sharply

"Or what?" Lisa yelled "you don't want anyone to know about all of the shit that happened there because you put that whole world up on a pedestal while people were literally dying every which way?"

"Lisa, are you ok?" Reagan asked. Reagan's words seemed to bring her back down to the moment. She wasn't just screaming at Harry Potter. She was screaming about his world in a muggle school.

"I'm fine," she said, her voice shaking. Reagan took it as an excuse to continue her attack on Kathryn. When they weren't looking, Lisa skirted away and found a bathroom. She locked herself in one of the stalls and sunk to the floor. She let the tears stream down her face.